3. Timothy as an example of a submissive mind (19-24) V.19 a) Survey - The Cause. I. Timothy with his pastoral gift would quickly know their state because of his pastoral survey, Paul trusted in that everything would be to his encouragement. II. He needed this survey to be enabled to pray and minister better to them. V.20 b) Sincerity - In Caring. I. Timothy was very like-minded to Paul why? Because both loved the Lord, both knew Scripture very well and both loved Christ’ s Church. II. Because of Timothy’ s pastoral gift he was sincere in his caring. V.21 c) Selfishness - Not seeking Christ. The people around Paul (perhaps a general statement) hadn’ t learnt to be humble and unselfish, because ambition and selfishness has such hold of man. V.22 d) Service - With a proven Character. I. He was proven “ tested” (like a coin is tested between the teeth, to see if its real). He had been with Paul more than 10 years. II. He served with Paul like a son would serve in his fathers business, he was humble and submissive - a good example of a submissive mind. V.23 e) Sending soon - Checking the Circumstance. He wanted to send his best man as soon as possible also to tell how the situation of Paul was. V.24 f) Shortly come - Paul’ s Confidence. He not only wanted to send his best man but even himself. Tradition tells that Nero released Paul and that the apostle resumed his missionary work. The 4 qualifications of Timothy: 1. Like-minded. (Unity) 2. Sincerely caring. (Love) 3. Proven character. (Holiness) 4. Service. (Humility & submission)